Emily993
Emily
@Emily993 · 11 months ago

Can anyone help and explain why I am having a bad algae outbreak in my tank? All my levels are with in normal limits

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User Avatar @MaxB. 356d

Donโ€™t have enough info to say for sure, but if I had to guess it could be overfeeding, not enough clean up crew, lack of flow? What are your parameters? Do you have any invertebrates in the tank that would eat algae? (Like snails, hermit crabs, urchin, etc)

User Avatar @Ago24 356d

As for this picture, it seems like there is a lot of particulate in the water column. What time of filtration are you using? What are the current parameters of the tank?

User Avatar @Finding_nemo_three 356d

How long are your lights on for and what settings ?

User Avatar @infamousreef 355d

Gona have a guess and say your phosphates are probably high and check nitrates, I keep my tank at or below 0.1 and 20 nitrates

User Avatar @skebo 355d

Well you could boost your microbiome and add copopods. Numerous species. Algeabarn.

User Avatar @LaheyCrocket588 354d

Not enough info to be able to help you.

User Avatar @BenTownsend593 353d

Algae growth consumes nitrates and phosphates often causing parameters to appear โ€œnormalโ€

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